Born in Petit-de-Grat, Nova Scotia, Fougère attended Saint Francis Xavier University for his undergraduate education and completed his theological studies at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal where he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity.
While in Latin America, Fougère served on the Council of Priests for the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa and carried out extensive work forming Delegados de la Palabra (Ministers of the Word).
Following further education at the Jesuit Theological Union at the University of California, Fougère returned to Nova Scotia where he served in a number of parishes before being appointed Vicar General and Director of Pastoral Services for the Diocese of Antigonish in 1988.
On December 11, 1991, Pope John Paul II appointed Father Fougère the twelfth Bishop of Charlottetown.
Bishop Fougère died on June 18, 2013, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,[1] aged 70.